[MBZ] New Project Car

2011-07-12 Thread alanduff
Bought an 83 300D today. Has 270k on the clock, a little sluggish with weak brakes as it's been sitting for a year. Tranny shifts ok. Orient Red that is a little faded on the top and hood. It has some rust in both rear wheel wells and the sunroof and AC don't work. Decent interior with tan MB

Re: [MBZ] New Project Car

2011-07-12 Thread Michael Canfield
The way I see it is that any car that runs, moves and stops is worth $1000 of today's money. Mike On Jul 12, 2011 4:51 PM, aland...@knology.net wrote: Bought an 83 300D today. Has 270k on the clock, a little sluggish with weak brakes as it's been sitting for a year. Tranny shifts ok. Orient Red

Re: [MBZ] New Project Car

2011-07-12 Thread Dieselhead
Congrats, sounds like a good buy to me. Blow out the sensor line (Vacuum tubing) from the intake manifold to the left fender, and also blow out the fitting on the intake manifold. That might make it run good. It is the circuit that tells the turbo to GO! When it is plugged, nothing tells